Mayors meet to promote development of biotech industry

Wednesday

May 14, 2014 at 6:00 AM

Quincy’ Mayor Thomas Koch and Braintree Mayor Joseph Sullivan joined three other mayors Tuesday to celebrate the formation of a new Life Sciences Corridor that aims to expand the size of the region’s biotechnology cluster.

BOSTON – Quincy’s Thomas Koch and Braintree’s Joseph Sullivan joined three other mayors Tuesday to celebrate the formation of a new Life Sciences Corridor that aims to expand the size of the region’s biotechnology cluster.

The announcement of the corridor, designed to attract life sciences companies to communities positioned along the MBTA’s Red Line including Quincy and Braintree, was held at the Museum of Science.

Koch and Sullivan have partnered with mayors Martin Walsh of Boston, David Maher of Cambridge and Joseph Curtatone of Somerville to try to attract new biotech companies as a regional team, as opposed to competing with each other to bring in businesses.